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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-15
Burglars Know the Snap.

heard a curious story about Mrs.
Paran Stevens the other day, which was
extremely characteristic. A friend call
ing was shown up into her boudoir and
took the first chair. They conversed
for a while, or rather he listened with
interest to her caustic comments on men
and things, until she said suddenly:
"Oh, you are sitting on my diamonds
get up this minute ~
On examination he found that lit
tie crumpled brown paper parcel on the
seat of the chair, which he had not no
ticed when he sat down, let slip, when
he picked it up, perfect river of the
most splendid gems.
81 keep them in brown paper" she
explained, ''to deceive the burglars.
They d never think of looking in a brown
paper bag, lying about anywhere on a
shelf or in drawer, for some $75, 1000
worth of Jewels. There have been two
attempts to steal them within a year,
and [ hit on this good way to keep
them "
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from his deep sleep of exhaustion. The
curls nestled up under Nathan's hair
and a curious sensation stirred his heart.
The journey was nearly over now.
There were Ezra's fences past which he
walked, He was holding Baby Stafford
IN his arms for the last time in all his
life. Perhaps he should never again
look upon that innocent face again.
He stopped and kissed the boy once,
and then again.
'Hit's jest like me-" he sighed. 'I
never was fitten to have no family,
cause [ amt able to fight fer its honor.
[ let Ezra insult me an kill my boy, an
hyer [ am totin' his baby home and
stealin' kisses fun it-an wuss'n that
I'm a-lowin' to feel it in my arms an
! a-wishin' it was mine. [ reckon [ was
! as l gets older" He had reached the
stile that crossed Ezra's yard fence, and
he sat down here to rest his tired body,
ret t P6or atn hG1rt hG there Waf m f no
ideas of manhood, and he seated himself,
now self branded as ''no count and a
coward. In his abasement his soul went
out to the child in his arms, and for one
bitter, despairing moment he reveled in
his degradation. He kissed the boy
over and over again, pressing the curly
head closer to his face, and tWining the
arms around his neck. It was n moment
of passion, but it was the passion most
natural to Nathan's heart.
The dawn was coming, and he must
go. He crossed the stile and went to-
ward the house. A light was burning
in the window, for Ezra was keeping an
anxious watch within and without.
Nathan knocked boldly at the door and
had not long to wait; in an instant
Ezra stood in the doorway, before him.
"Hyer's Baby"
It was soon over; Nathan and Baby
had parted. The boy was in his
fathers arms and Nathan was alone
again.
can you brung i'm, Nathan-you!"
Nathan backed down the steps into
the yard; but Ezra held out his hand
and said:
"Come in, Nathan, they's sumpn I
want to say to yer
''No, they amt nothin I want O. you
now, Ezra, 'cept to asst if Mis- Staffords
agoing to git well agin.
He was leaping deiectedly against the
DannlSters OF the pOrch, ana Ezra cOuld
see the palor of his face in the early
morning light.
eyes, I reckon she will, nOo0 Nathan.
Come in bit.
Ezra stopped and kissed his boy, and
Nathan turned in bitter loneliness from
the sight.
''No, not me- he answered. 'Tm
agoin' now, an remember, Ezra, Tn a
hatin' you jest as bad as ever [ done.
This amt no peace-makin' twixt you
an me. Yo' boys hyer, and mines yon-
der-that's the difference betwixt us;
an reckon that's bout the way hit'll
stay till I'm a-layin' by Harry"
Chatham, come back"
But he was gone The day for the
reaping in the melon field had dawned,
and each man must be about his own
business IndepeR9ent.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-15

LORD EvERsLEY, aged 93, recently
shot eight head of game, including a
lrlce ard half of partridge aud a
b-4c9 ot phea ants.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-15

ATTAIN Eel.
der stood in
his water
melon patch
t h e days
work wa s
over, and he
had a right to
the rest he
was taking.
The network
of vines cov-
erIng acres
of land and
the billOWs of
~rAA~ 49,.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-15
Nathan's Revenge,

BY HELEN F. KENDRICK,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-15
TWO WAYS OF PUTTING IT.

Omaha Child - Why, mamma, did
grandma live to be 100 years old9
Mamma-Yes, dear; she was never
sick in her life.
'Didn't have to take medicine 2"
"No."
The next day.
ChiId-Oh! doctor, I heard suoh q
funny thing about my grandma, yester'
day.
Family Physioisn-What was that9
"She never took any medicine an she
lived to be 100 years old. "-Omaha
World.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-15
is II DEATH OR TRANCE
From the st. Paul Pioneer.I

Young WON f.rn's E'Irr"UE'I I>"iI' S'>S
Because otthe Uncertainty.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-15
A WEIGHTY REMARK.

Smith Ito Jones, who lives in the
apartment overhead)-I say, old fellow;
you must have been awfully full las
night. I heard you fall when you got
up stairs.
Jones-I didn't fall, dear boy. That
was wife-she dropped a remark as 1
went in.-PucE.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-15

HYDE PARK, VT, Oct. 5th, 1887.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-15

Her hustle was rubber, inflated. of course,
The fashion prevailing to meet;
And it turned out to be for her safety the
source
For when she sat Gown on the sidewalk with
force
She bounded right back to her feet.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
WASHINGTON.
Items of Interest about Men and Affairs
Around the National Capitol.

The Bureau of Engraving and
Printing has just finished portrait
of President Cleveland which is in
many respects the best one that has
been made. 1t is small in size,
suitable for use at some future time
upon notes or securities, and was
taken from a photograph that had
not been treated by the "polisher" so
as to deprive the likeness of the slight
blemishes that go to make character
in a picture. Under the law the por-
traits of living persons cannot be us
ed upon notes or securities, but the
bureau has to keep up its series of
portraits of Presidents, and preferred
to "do" that of Mr.. Cleveland at a
time when satisfactory one could
be obtained. The likeness is very
faithful and the workmanship is ex-
tremely fine, An equally good por-
trait of Secretary Manning has been
made, and first proofs of both were
recently sent to the President.
Mr.. Walker, consul general at Par
is, is in Washington, and it is under
stood that he will not return, but
that his successor will be announced
as soon as selected. There have been
400 applicants for the position. A few
more back counties in Maryland are
yet to be heard from.
The Sergeant-at-Arms is now gen.
eral banker for nearly all the mem
bers. A few years ago many kept
separate accounts in the downtown
banking institutions, but now nearly
all the financial transactions ofmem.
bers are conducted at the Capitol,
and operations of exchange and de.
post, extending beyond mere salary
accounts, are permitted. There are
a cashier, teller, bookkeeper and a
huge safe behind the counter. Out
side is a desk and a collection Of
cheeks. A messenger brings almost
daily from the Treasury, in satchel
the amount of money considered nee
essary for the probable demands. The
bills thus drawn are always fresh anG
crisp, and the teller has established 6
reputation for his ability to snap each
bill as it leaves his hand so that {
crack Of whip does not exceed The
noise. This process not only prevents
the bills from sticking together, bu
it adds an eXhilaration to the Con
gressional performance of drawing
the money. The majority Of Con
/ gressmen draw their salaries entire
during each month, small sums a
frequentintervals, withlumpamount
! WhenrentSan and board bills become due
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

SEED 1T DOWN TO CLOVER.

Ho, farmers on the Richmond sands,
Come listen to our singing;
Come learn to utilize your lands
The mellow harvest bringing
Ho, farmers on the Fulton clays,
Wen tell you over'n over
The way to do these spring time days
Just seed it down to clover.
it down, seed it down,
Seed it down to clover;
The sand, the clay, the witchy grass
Seed it down to clover.
IT'S fine to clothe sorry waste
In rosy bloom most charming,
Twill furnish forage for the stock
An help on dairy farming.
And autumn's fruitage dock the scene
With moving grain all over,
The fields will ware a darker green
Just seeded down to clover.
Chorus Plow it up, pillow it up,
Long and straight the fnrrow,
The sand the clay.the witchy grass,
An'pulverize it thorough.
The kline will crop the fragrant bloom,
The bee will sip its sweetness,
The milk pail overflow its brim
In beauty and completeness.
The swine will show rapid growth,
.The hens lay over'n over,
The farm pay better'n ere before
When seeded down to clover.
Chorus-Seed it down, seed it down,
Seed it down to clover;
The clay,the sand, the witchy grass,
Seed it down to clover.
o, clover hath wondrous power
To fill the farmers pocket,
1t is the magic key of soil;
And surely will unlock it
1t robes the vale in richest green,
1t tints the upland meadow,
Adorns the pasture and the field
With richest light and shadow.
Chorus-Plow it up, pillow it up,
Long and straight the furrow,
The sand, the clay,th witchy grass
And pulverize it thorough.
Then, patrons, pray take up the song,
And ring the merry changes,
And roll the gleeful notes along
Thro' homesteads, farms and Oranges,
Till every man that holds the pillow,
An means to farm all over,
Shall catch the truth of this refrain
In praise of noble clover.
Chorus-Seed it down, seed it down,
Seed it down to clover;
The field, the pasture, the roadside
Seed them down to clover,
Southern Cultivator.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
NORWAY Mills. TEXAS, Oct. 10, 1856.

NORWAY MILLS, TEXAS, Oct. 10, 1856.
Messrs. A. T. SHALLENBERGER & Co.
Rochester, Pa, GeatS,-Last Spring
procured from you by mail some of your
medicine for chills aud fever, ard after Civ
ing it a trial am prepared to say that be-
lieve there is not a medicine in the world
that will do what Shellenberger's Pills will
do in curing chills and fever They acrcr
foa TO cure every case. Respectfully,
\. y. FEEDER.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

A trim creature-The milliner.
A capital skylight-The moon.
Mans noblest pursuit-Woman
A cultivated ear-An ear of corn.
Hop notwithstanding master.
The oldest "woman's club"-The
broom-stick.
A full confession-Pleading guilty
to a drunk.
We desire to be moderated only by
the assessor.
The greatest curiosity in the world
"A woman's.
The most wonderful flight on rec
cord was when the chimney fue.
We don't like to see ladies with
very small feet. Ladies should not
stand upon trifles.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
He Did Not Want Much.

A little boy who was about to cele-
brate his eleventh birthday, was told
to make out a list of the presents he
most desired. The following is the
result:
1. "One pair roller skates. .. One
nice reading book; large print. 8.
Some ice cream. 4. Cake. 5. One
nice penholder and pen. 6. One big
rubber; about Is cents. I. One We:
locipede; wooden. s. One bicycle;
wooden. 8. Two or three bottles
colored ink. 10. A little bookcase.
IL. A big "a inch ruler. II. A
nice pencil. 10. Some history book.
IA. A canary bird and cage"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

Ex-Congressman Murch went from
his stone-cutting in Maine to Con-
gress, from Congress into the saloon
business, from the saloon to aA insane
asylum, from the asylum to the
grave.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

The liquor industry pays into the
Michigan State treasury$1, 1850, 1885,
and takes out $9S, 7O9,35O.82. Pretty
steep.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

Will you give protection to trade
that annually sends a thousand Ten
nesseeans into dishonored graves?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
/. O. G. T. COLUMN.
Edited and Conducted by the Independent
Order Of Good Templars.

The people are taxed to protect
themselves from the criminalism of
the liquor traffic.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

Liquor lords love to cover their
bloated selves with cloth woven out
of the souls of men and the broken
hearts of women, and when resisted
they piteously plead personal right
to do So" Enough to put fighting
life into the very rocks that bottom
this land.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

At this day no man that has a son
or daughter can face the immortali-
ty that CLOVIS in the bosoms of those
loved ones and say that he does not
risk the wreck Of their happiness in
voting liberty to the liquor traffic.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

The people of this State and of this
Republic, in their progressive aspira-
tons, their readings, their paintings
after a higher manhood and State
hood, have come to the unalterable
conclusion that this traffic shall not
have the protection of law.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
Sweep of the Prohibition Storm
Through the South.
LOCAL OPTION.

The following States have laws per-
hitting entire counties to vote direct
ly for or against granting licenses
within the county:
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
Territory thus prOhib.
AMENDMENTS ARE NOW PEND
ING.

Pennsylvania-Act passed legisla-
ture of 1887, and must be ratified by
legislature of 1889.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

There are three classes of people in
the world. The first learn from their
own experience-these are the wise
the second learn from the experience
of others-these are the happy; the
third neitherlearn from their own ex-
perience nor the experience of 9TH
ers-these are fools.-Toronto Times.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

While the people of this country
spend a million mission dollars to
save from slaughter the children of
Hindoo mothers, they license two
hundred thousand men, and pay them
nine hundred million dollars to
slaughter the children of American
mothers.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
THE IVORLD-W VIDE WRONG.

Men plead in prayer and speech and song
Against this endless, worldwide wrong,
While from ten thousand wretched homes
A ceaseless wall of sorrow comes,
Where husbands, fathers, children, wives
Weep Ger dishonored, blighted lives,
Or gather round the hopeless graves
Where lie entombed runs ruined slaves;
A sad, funeral, endless train,
Who mourn their dead as doubly slain.
War, famine, pestilence-a train
Of triple plaugue-have never slain,
Through all the woful ages past,
A multitude of men so vast
As that which makes the total sum
Of those who've lost their lives'by rum.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

My wife has been down two years
with an abscess in her side. Last
December she commenced using S. S.
S. When she began its use she was
nothing but skeleton, had no appe-
tite and was feeling weak and very
miserable, Today she is new wO-
man. Her appetite is good, her spir-
its revived. She is as stout as she
was before she was taken sick two
years ago. She can eat anything,
and she today thinks S. S. S. the
greatest medicine on earth. 1t has
simply lifted her from two years
sick bed, put flesh on her bones and
life in her heart.
Yours gratefully, J. T. BATS.
Columbia, Tenn, March 2, 1887.
Treatieson Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer
9, Atlanta, Ga.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
Chronic Rheumatism Cured.

Swift's Specific cured me Of chronic
rheumatism which had troubled me
for fifteen years. l had taken every
kind of medicine nearly that is adj
vertised for rheumatism, but none
did me near so much good as S. S. S..
Last spring | took about half dozen
large bottles, and from that day l
have not been troubled with rheuma-
tism. My appetite was improved by
medicine and my digestion strength
ened. S.S.S. is one of the best blood
medicines in the world.
Yours gratefully, ]. T. BATS.
Columbia, Tenn, March 3, 1887.
A Marvellous Cure of Cancer.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
No. counties having L

PROHIBITION BY SPECIAL STATUTE.
The following States have a large
number of counties under prohibition
by special statutes enacted in various
years for each county separately:
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

Fayetteville Observer: The Mich
igan Legislature has made a law that
Tennessee may be compelled to copy
or initiate. 1t gives a reward of one
cent for each English sparrow killed
in that State, the expense to be made
acounty charge. "This," says the
Cultivator, twill thin out what has
become in many localities a great
nuisance. Thesparrows in the North
ern States live chiefly in cities and
villages, where they can find shelter,
and are especially destructive to fruit
and grain near the suburbs. In spring
they eat fruit buds when nothing else
offers, and thus do greater damage
than any other season. With re-
ward of one cent for each one killed a
profitable business might be done in
killing them, and the experiment in
Michigan might well be repeated
elsewhere. The sparrow breeds rap
idly and one of its worst offences con-
sists in driving away the native birds
much more valuable than ITSELF"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

The liquor traffic is such a con-
scious criminal that not decent man
in the State dare defend it.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

God is arming public conscience to
give the liquor traffic a waterloo.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

Ifitis constitutional and right to
prohibit:any crime, is it not equally
right to make that which is breed
or of crime nefarious by law?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

'The saloon did it!"-The Hanged
Murderer'S Cry.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

These pills were n won.
derful discovery. I'm.
like any others, One
PHI n Dose. Children
take them easily. The
m0st delicate women
use them. In fnct all
ladies can obtain very
great benefit irons the
use OF Parsons Pills.
One box sent post
paid for 25 cts, or five
boxes for 81 In stamps.
80 pills In every box.
The Osceola times., 1887-02-05
REMARKABLE METEORS.
Lsborious Reinvestigationso Of the Famous
Aerolite OF July 20, 1880.

A remarkable meteor was seen near
1t exploded in mid air, leaving a train
of light which remained visible for
eight or ten minutes, at first notion
less, and then slowly changing from n
straight to curvilinear form. The
moon shone brightly at the time. and
the atmosphere was clear. A meteor
fell near Grafton, Wis, last summer,
which caused great excitement among
the country people. A party of har-
vesters were working in a barley field,
near the village named, when they
were suddenly startled by "A loud and
strange noise, not unlike the roar Of
long train of cars. The noise in
creased in volume TO such a degree,
during the space of only a few seconds.
as to become almost deafening Tho
unusual sound seemed to come from
the heavens, and gazing upwards. the
spectators saw what appeared to be n
huge ball of smoke rapidly descending
to the earth. 1t struck the earth with
in few rods of where the men were
standing, and buried itself deep
in the ground. At last accounts
the aerolite had not been found, though
adeep excavation had been made where
it struck the earth. Mr.. John G. Henry,
of Havana, in this State, has been la
boriously demonstrating the remark
able meteor of July 20. 1860, and
reaches some noteworthy conclusions.
This meteor was visible over n belt Of
country fourteen hundred miles long,
and several hundred miles wide, its
path being sensibly straight line as it
moved over Lake Michigan to point
south of Rhode Island. Mr. Henry
thinks he has proved that it was an
asteroid, with a diameter of sixty rods,
and that, after grazing the earth's
upper atmosphere, it sped on its way
into the depth of space with an actual
velocity of eighty thousand miles per
hour. According to Prof. Lyman's data
this meteor, the apparent disk of which
was one-half that of the moon, APP
preached nearest the earth (forty-one
miles) a mile south of Rhode Island,
passed forty-two miles above Long
Island Sound, forty-four miles over the
Hudson, fifty-one miles over Elmira,
and sixty-two over Buffalo. If these
data are correct, it would seem prob
able that, under the earth's attrac-
ton, it finally entered the Atlantic
Ocean. 1t was also seen out at sea u
distance of three hundred miles off our
Atlantic coast.-C Christian al Work.
The Osceola times., 1887-02-05
Miscellaneous Items.

Prohibition has won the day in Oar.
danelle, Yell County, under the Three
mile Local Option law.
The Waters-Pierce Oil Company sus-
tained loss Of $4,000 by fire in their
buildings at Little Rock few days ago
A resolution has been introduced in the
House to change the status OF the ofense
of running a gambling house from ''mis-
demeanorr to "felony.n
The executive committee OF the Arkan.
sas Press Association, at a recent meeting &
in Little Rock, fixed the date of the next
press convention for the first Wednesday
in May. resolution was adopted that nc
free accomrno laton be requested
The State solons are enj oying life at the
capital.
A few days since John Cornett, an ec-
centric fellow, living in the meadows near
Clinton, Van Buren, County, shot a man
by the name Of W illiam Fox. Cornett is in
custody and Fox fatally injured. The scene
Of the tragedy, the meadows, is in the val
ley of the middle fork Of the Little Red
river. II appears that Cornett had gone
to a neighboring house carrying his
double barrel shot gun. Fox came up and
Cornett provoke him into defiant retort,
whereupon Cornett leveled his gun within
two feet Of Fox's face, and fired. The en-
tire contents entered his face, shattering
the lower part. There is no justification
for the bloody deed.
Little Rock is to have paved streets.
John Broadwell, of Pittsburgh, shot
himself fatally in his room at Little Rock
few days ago. He had been in the city
A "A -, talt
die.
In the recent robbery of the county
clerks Office at Danville, Yell County, the
burglars first broke open a store and OBJ.
tanned can OF powder, with which they
did their work, leaving the empty can.
The office was completely wrecked. The
records aud papers were badly damaged
an a over 5000 in currency, besides 5000
or 81, 900 in county scrip taken. The loss
will fall on the county treasury, J. J.
Robertson. No clew to the robbers
The proposition to repeal the State Game
law is calling out numerous protests.
Suit has been brought in the United
States Court at Little Rock by Evangelist
W. n. Rutlcd ge. of Milan, Tenn, against
W. 4. Rutledge, the Arkd,sds Methodist and
Rev DIR. A. r. Winfield, for $4,000 dam.
ages for malicious libel, in promulgating
and circulating the statement that Robin
son was at one time proprietor of sports
mans hotel and saloon at Reelfoot, Lake
County, Tenn.
The penitentiary committee of the House
of Representatives visited the prison a
few days ago, and after minute inspec
ton expressed themselves pleased with
liza manaoement They will suggest some
needed improvements in their report
Lite Rock will soon have another street
railway,